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New people’s governor of Luhansk region pledges to take courts and police under control

Valery Bolotov plans to create a people’s council of the Luhansk region that will comprise representatives of all cities located in the region

KIEV, April 21. /ITAR-TASS/. Valery Bolotov, the newly elected people’s governor of the Luhansk region, has pledged to take courts and police under control, Ukrainian media quoted Bolotov as saying on Monday.

“The people of the Luhansk region have empowered me to occupy this high post of an acting people’s governor. I will try to justify their trust,” Bolotov said as quoted by the media.

He plans to create a people’s council of the Luhansk region that will comprise representatives of all cities located in the region.

“The re-subordination of law enforcement agencies, including courts and the Interior Ministry, will be legal. The bodies of the Luhansk people’s power will act in cooperation with other regions in south-eastern Ukraine,” Bolotov known as the commander of “the southeast army” said.